Bakhta (russian: Бахта) is a

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) in

Turukhansky District Turukhansky District (russian: Туруха́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-2925 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai and border ...

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.Law #10-4765 It is part of Turukhansky

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. The village is located in the right bank of the

Yenisei The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat language, Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan language, Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas language, K ...

, by its confluence with the

Bakhta River The Bakhta () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Yenisey. The Bakhta is long, and the area of its basin is . The lower reaches of the river are navigable. Course The Bakhta has its source in the Tungusk ...

. There is a pier for boats reaching the village. Bakhta houses the Museum of Taiga Traditions. Mirnoye hamlet is located approximately to the south of Bakhta, also on the same bank of the Yenisei. in the movie of 2010 '' Happy People: A Year in the Taiga'' by

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focuses on the life of the people in the village of Bakhta.

Protected area

The

Central Siberia Nature Reserve Central Siberia Nature Reserve (russian: Центрально-Сибирский заповедник) (also Tsentralnosibirsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve). With over 1 million hectares of protected area, it is one of the l ...

, a

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of the

East Siberian taiga The East Siberian taiga ecoregion, in the Taiga and boreal forests biome, is a very large biogeographic region in eastern Russia. Setting This vast ecoregion is located in the heart of Siberia, stretching over 20° of latitude and 50° of longitu ...

ecoregion, is located in the limits of Bakhta.

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Central Siberia Nature Reserve
{{Authority control Rural localities in Turukhansky District Populated places established in 1745 1745 establishments in the Russian Empire

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